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Intensive Course in Statistics

The Intensive Course in Statistics 2020 takes place within the scope of the Master of Automation and Robotics and the Master of Electrical Engineering and Information technology. It is not designated to students of the Department of Statistics. The course will be held in English.

 

Lectures and Tutorials

Prof. Dr. Markus Pauly

Lubna Amro (amro@statistik.tu-dortmund.de)

 

Schedule

• The course starts on the 3rd of June 2020 on ZOOM and ends on the 24th of July 2020.
• In typical weeks, the course is scheduled as follows:
  • Wednesday, 10-12  (Tutorial / computer lab)
  • Wednesday, 12-14 (Lecture)
  • Thursday, 12-14 (Lecture)

Course outline

The course gives an introduction to statistical concepts that are useful for research projects in various fields of application and areas of science.

Specifically, the lecture covers the following topics:

• basic probability random variables
• probability and sampling distributions
• point estimation
• confidence intervals
• hypothesis testing
• simple linear regression
• time series analysis

 

Except for basic mathematical calculus no prior knowledge is necessary.

 

Software

You might want to install or update the free and open source statistics software R and the graphical user interface RStudio prior to the first tutorial.

 

Exam

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